Patient experiencing symptoms of urinary tract infection


Question: A family nurse practitioner examines a 24-year-old Hispanic-American female patient who is experiencing symptoms of a urinary tract infection. The patient reports that her mother sent her some ampicillin ( Polycill in) 500 mg tablets from Mexico and that she has taken a pill a day, for the past three days, with little relief of her symptoms. What is the nurse practitioner's best response? Question options: 1) Advising the patient that self-treatment methods are not acceptable 2) Continuing treatment with ampicillin (Polycillin) 500 mg daily for an additional seven days 3) Informing the patient to avoid taking prescription drugs from other countries 4) Prescribing trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim DS) twice daily for three days

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